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Re: PNP seeking 'updated legal opinion' on Hay-Webster
Is the PNP seeing the danger of their Dual Citizens because of teh role of Shanron Hay-Webster in helping to bring Hatians to Jamaica, especially President Aristide:
<span style="color: #3333FF"><span style="font-size: 14pt">SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: The Prime Minister (inaudible) President of CARICOM responded to a request from President Aristide. He consulted with his colleagues who are also leaders within the region. And they agreed to host him here in Jamaica.
AMY GOODMAN: Sharon Hay-Webster, Jamaican member of Parliament.
SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: I don’t know any other leader who has been ousted from the country and not been allowed to return to the country, much less as having our own family members come back to the region. I think the fact that we’ve heard these responses speaks to the level of success that we’ve had [inaudible] of this mission.
AMY GOODMAN: What about this issue of serious risk and responsibility that Prime Minister—
SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: I believe all appropriate considerations have been taken. Prime Minister Patterson has served as minister of foreign affairs. He has been Prime Minister for over 10 years. He has a wealth of considerable experience and leadership and I don’t believe that he has any reason to second guess this decision having been taken and this has been bolstered by the other members of CARICOM. This is not a lone or a personal decision, and I think it is an excellent one.
AMY GOODMAN: And the idea that the 150-mile radius could cause unrest in Haiti?
SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: In that case, then, it proves that Aristide has far more support than the media and those who are now speaking have been willing to give him credit for.
AMY GOODMAN: The letter that you delivered to the President of the Central African Republic, what does it say and [inaudible].
SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: It is from Prime Minister Patterson, chairman of CARICOM. It advised Mr. (inaudible) that I was his special emissary and that I had come as an emissary from CARICOM to take Mr. Aristide home to the Caribbean. And thanked him for his courtesies and asked him to extend the necessary courtesies and allow us to take him home with us, and that is what we’re about to do. We’re two hours away from home and we’re very happy to be doing that, especially in respect with the fact that it has been a tremendous symbol that we saved. In terms of [inaudible] between the black diaspora in the western hemisphere, and mother Africa.
AMY GOODMAN: And the feeling in Jamaica about Jean-Bertrand Aristide?
SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: There is mixed reaction. There are those who are supportive and there are those who are not. It’s a democratic country.
REP. MAXINE WATERS: If Ambassador Foley is concerned</span> </span>
Is the PNP seeing the danger of their Dual Citizens because of teh role of Shanron Hay-Webster in helping to bring Hatians to Jamaica, especially President Aristide:
<span style="color: #3333FF"><span style="font-size: 14pt">SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: The Prime Minister (inaudible) President of CARICOM responded to a request from President Aristide. He consulted with his colleagues who are also leaders within the region. And they agreed to host him here in Jamaica.
AMY GOODMAN: Sharon Hay-Webster, Jamaican member of Parliament.
SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: I don’t know any other leader who has been ousted from the country and not been allowed to return to the country, much less as having our own family members come back to the region. I think the fact that we’ve heard these responses speaks to the level of success that we’ve had [inaudible] of this mission.
AMY GOODMAN: What about this issue of serious risk and responsibility that Prime Minister—
SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: I believe all appropriate considerations have been taken. Prime Minister Patterson has served as minister of foreign affairs. He has been Prime Minister for over 10 years. He has a wealth of considerable experience and leadership and I don’t believe that he has any reason to second guess this decision having been taken and this has been bolstered by the other members of CARICOM. This is not a lone or a personal decision, and I think it is an excellent one.
AMY GOODMAN: And the idea that the 150-mile radius could cause unrest in Haiti?
SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: In that case, then, it proves that Aristide has far more support than the media and those who are now speaking have been willing to give him credit for.
AMY GOODMAN: The letter that you delivered to the President of the Central African Republic, what does it say and [inaudible].
SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: It is from Prime Minister Patterson, chairman of CARICOM. It advised Mr. (inaudible) that I was his special emissary and that I had come as an emissary from CARICOM to take Mr. Aristide home to the Caribbean. And thanked him for his courtesies and asked him to extend the necessary courtesies and allow us to take him home with us, and that is what we’re about to do. We’re two hours away from home and we’re very happy to be doing that, especially in respect with the fact that it has been a tremendous symbol that we saved. In terms of [inaudible] between the black diaspora in the western hemisphere, and mother Africa.
AMY GOODMAN: And the feeling in Jamaica about Jean-Bertrand Aristide?
SHARON HAY-WEBSTER: There is mixed reaction. There are those who are supportive and there are those who are not. It’s a democratic country.
REP. MAXINE WATERS: If Ambassador Foley is concerned</span> </span>
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